Improvement in cultivators



G. CLARK.

Cultivator.

Patentd July 3, 1860 Invent r: 5 %z: 7 W

Witnesses= 2W4 Mind UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

COUNCIL CLARK, OF ANDERSONVILLE, GEORGIA.

IMPROVEM ENT IN CULTIVATORS.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, OoUNoIL CLARK, of Andersonville, in the county of Sumter and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Braces for Plow-Stocks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings,

forming part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a side view, Fig. 2 a top View and Fig. 3 a vertical cross-section, of the implement.

WVhenever the same letters occur in the several figures they indicate corresponding parts.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, 1 will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A brace consisting of two straight and parallel ends, 0 c, and an arched connecting-post, c, is fastened to the plow-beam d by means of bolts 0 i passing through both ends of the brace, as seen in Fig. 1. The upper end of the plow-shank a is also secured to the rear end of the plow-beam by the bolt 0, while the lower part of the shank a is bolted to the brace c at e.

A wedge-shaped runner, j, (used for deepenmg and smoothing the bottom of the furrow,) may be attached to the arched brace behind the plow b by slipping the arched portion or .loop 0 of the brace into a suitable vertical recess, I, in the top part of the runner and inserting a pin, 7;, through a hole, k k, made in the body of the runner at both sides of the recess l. The hole is so arranged that the pin, when inverted, will rest against the upper edge of the loop 0, by which means the runner will be firmly connected with the brace. The forward end of the brace is provided with two or more bolt-holes, i I, so as to adjust the brace, and with it the plow and runner, higher or lower.

The forward ends of two handles, 9 g, are bolted to the beam d at 3 their rear portions being connected by a horizontalbar, w. The upper end of a brace-rod,f, is bolted to the bar at, whileits lower end is clamped between the rear end of brace c and beam (1 and secured by the bolt 0.

The arched construction of brace is very essential, as it gives a support at two points and affords facilities for the attachment of the runner, which forms the furrows for the reception of seed.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The arrangement of the arched brace o c c, in combination with the plow-beam d, standard a, and runnerj, in the manner and for the purposes herein set forth.

The above specification of my improvement in braces for plow-stocks signed by me this 8th day of May, 1860.

COUNCIL CLARK. Witnesses:

GOODWIN G. A1 LEE, GUSTAVUS DIETERICH. 

